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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "MR SAMUEL EGOBIA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <busssytech@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Dec 2015 19:18:41 -0600
Subject: STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE

Contact Person: Mr Samuel Egobia

24/7 Banking 28 Houndsditch, Road

Lagos Nigeria
Telephone: +234 8180155880.



STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given for verification of information given to us by Nigeria National Petroleum operation for transfer of contract inheritance fund valued at USD 10,000,000..00 {Ten MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY}which we receive a letter

from Mr .xia hu that you are dead and confirm that the fund should be remmitted to his account with detail below


BANK NAME : INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF CHINA (ICBC)
BANK ADDRESS : BEIJING MUNICIPAL BRANCH, BEIJING
NAME OF BENEFICIARY: PALO CENTO
ACCOUNT NUMBER: 6212260200004000754
SWIFT CODE: ICBKCNBJBJM
It is mandatory for us to confirm if you are dead or alive before we proceed for the payment

We need you to reconfirm your current details to us,

Please acknowledge the receipt of this Electronic mail. i hope that you will find this information useful and helpful.You can Call or email back to us for immediate transfer of your fund Tel:+234 8180155880.

Yours faithfully,
FOR:PPRA
Mr.Egobia Samuel

Foreign operation manager

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